Off to the check-up again tomorrow.

@ Ju: I'll definitely let you know!

@Kim: In principle, isn't it actually the case that with gestational diabetes your baby is heavier than "normal"? Or does that not always apply??

Best, Gerda

Geez, what an afternoon.......
I had to be at the hospital by 1:00 PM for the lab and CTG, then another appointment at the clinic at 1:30 PM.
I knew the schedule was super tight (let's just say: impossible). The CTG (where you have to lie down for half an hour anyway) is done on the maternity ward, and the lab is at the clinic (and even with an urgent request, you still have to wait there). But I had gone there a bit earlier.
In the end, I didn't get to the maternity ward until around 1:20 PM . I walked by the gyn on my way from the lab, but the door was still closed, so they were still on their lunch break.
One of the nurses on the maternity ward called the gyn while I was doing the CTG, which wasn't a problem.
I finally got back to the clinic at 2:10 PM, handed in my ticket, and went to the waiting room............ While I was sitting there waiting, suddenly one of the gyns walks away and then one of the secretaries confers with a few women who are also waiting: there's an emergency case.....
Tough, I had to wait an hour and a quarter two weeks ago for the same reason, but there's nothing else to do. I do understand.
Waiting, waiting, waiting, and everyone else around me gets called in, and finally, by 3:50 PM, there are no more pregnant women in the waiting room except me.......
I went to the secretaries to discuss whether it would take long or if I could make an appointment for tomorrow or something, I'd already been in the hospital for about 3 hours! I was tired, needed to take my meds, etc.

In the end, it turned out there was a mistake: I was already crossed off the patient list! So I could have sat there waiting until Christmas.......!
Then I was finally called in quickly, and since I had brought my meds, I asked for a glass of water to take them with.
And then came the next disappointment: my blood pressure was too high again. My diastolic was 105......
The CTG, lab results, and growth ultrasound were fine, but yeah....... that blood pressure.
Now the medication is being increased, or rather doubled, and I have to go back for a check-up Saturday morning, because they feel that check-up can't wait until Monday.
I finally got home at 4:45 PM. How do you fill an afternoon?????????
Ugh!

Hey ladies,

So, Saturday I went for another check-up. Another long wait. I had to be there at 10:00 AM and got home at 1:15 PM.

The CTG was fine, and the lab results were good too. The platelet count had dropped a bit (which can be a sign that the liver is struggling), but the normal range is between 150 and 450, and I had 234, so that was still okay.

Blood pressure is a tricky story. One nurse first measured it while I was sitting. My diastolic was 100. But apparently, the official way is to lie on your left side, with your right arm at a 30-degree angle. Because my diastolic was too high while sitting, she also measured it lying down, and then it was 85.
I think it's all fine, but I'm not lying on my left side all day!

Anyway: I was allowed to go home again and will have to make an appointment for next Wednesday, and then the whole routine will be repeated.

Also, I spoke briefly with one of the nurses from the practice where I was first under care. She thinks they won't let me go past 40 weeks due to the blood pressure. So it would mean that labor will be induced in about two weeks (according to her, there's still a chance that's possible, despite the C-section 8 years ago!) or maybe another C-section after all.
I've reached the point where I don't care anymore whether it's a C-section or not, because it's becoming less enjoyable now, and I don't really trust my body's signals anymore. Because I feel fine (in the sense that I don't have the symptoms associated with hypertension), but is it really okay??

But well............. let's wait until Wednesday first. Maybe I'll hear more then.

Best, Gerda